Just picked up KOTOR 1&2; recommendations?

[Farewell young Prince into the night]

DalekFlay:

Some of the amateur voice acting that was added in the restored content mod is god-awful.

I remember noting this after arriving on a certain planet and hearing a clear discrepancy in dialogue quality. It's hard to ignore, but sparse. I suppose a little ear-rape is a worthy price to pay in order to avoid playing the castrated KOTOR II version (thanks executives!).

 

[Frank Capicoli]

DalekFlay:

Some of the amateur voice acting that was added in the restored content mod is god-awful.

I remember noting this after arriving on a certain planet and hearing a clear discrepancy in dialogue quality. It's hard to ignore, but sparse. I suppose a little ear-rape is a worthy price to pay in order to avoid playing the castrated KOTOR II version (thanks executives!).

Yes that Dantooine quest was awful, I'm sure there is a submod somewhere that reverts/removes that part for future play throughs but I don't remember the link.

Edit: For anybody that cares its an option in this mod:
https://deadlystream.com/files/file/296-unofficial-tslrcm-tweak-pack/

 

[ItsChon]

About to do my first playthrough of KotOR 2 since it came out (roughly). I assume I should use the restored content mod? Is there any downside?

There are downsides, foremost among which is being attacked by those HK assassins constantly. It's worth it overall IMO. I would also install this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/kotor2/mods/1060

HK bots really aren't a problem. Just avoid the Droid planet and you should be good.

 

[Endemic]

IIRC Kaevee just has a handful of lines that you can quickly skip. I guess the TSLCRM guys wanted to add an explanation for where the sudden Laigrek infestation came from.

I'd prefer if they'd integrated Lonna Vash on Korriban instead, since there were some unused lines recorded from Vanessa Marshall.

Sikon's mod restored a short section with her alive:



As for the HKs, fighting with HK-47 in your active party does the trick. You only need to do that 3 times before this happens:

Spoiler

 

[DalekFlay]

Why have a 144hz option in the damn menu if any framerate above 60 breaks the fucking game?

 

[eXalted]

As for the HKs, fighting with HK-47 in your active party does the trick. You only need to do that 3 times before this happens:

Spoiler

I remember how unbalanced this level was. But it blends so well with all other annoying single-character sections in KotOR 2.

 

[DalekFlay]

Jesus KotOR 2 is an easy game. I don't remember the first game being THIS easy.

 

[Xeon]

Most of the game was easy but I really hated Nar Shaddaa, that was where the game became hard for me iirc. I don't remember why tho.

 

[DalekFlay]

Most of the game was easy but I really hated Nar Shaddaa, that was where the game became hard for me iirc. I don't remember why tho.

Might depend on what you do first. I did Dantooine first because I thought it was more likely I'd fine a lightsaber there.

 

[DalekFlay]

Most of the game was easy but I really hated Nar Shaddaa, that was where the game became hard for me iirc. I don't remember why tho.

Just got to the end (?) of Nar Shaddaa with the escape to the ship and whatnot and yeah, the game is suddenly out of nowhere pretty hard. Googled it and it ends up that's mostly restored content, so lol. Anyway it's taking all my med packs and shields to get through it.

 

[DalekFlay]

This Onderon plot could be seen as an EU allegory if the game came out a decade later.

 

[Arrowgrab]

Shamelessly necroing this to ask: what's the best KotOR II content restoration mod today, in 2022?

Also, any other must-use mods that affect gameplay? Don't care about visuals.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

Shamelessly necroing this to ask: what's the best KotOR II content restoration mod today, in 2022?

Just do TSLRCM without the droid planet fix, if you have the steam version it should be the first thing on workshop.

 

[KörangarTheMighty]

Just do TSLRCM without the droid planet fix, if you have the steam version it should be the first thing on workshop.

Seconded. M4-78 just adds a lot of bullshit padding. Some content is cut for a reason.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Just do TSLRCM without the droid planet fix, if you have the steam version it should be the first thing on workshop.

Seconded. M4-78 just adds a lot of bullshit padding. Some content is cut for a reason.

Planet was cut early in the development and most of the content already created was moved to other planets, that's why it;s better to leave it cut.